Hi,I have a Brother DCP-130C multifunction printer, and just installed it on my new LMDE install.It works fine except I need to be root to scan...I know the instructions of editing a udev rule, but nor of the ones mentioned in the Brother documentation are on my /etc/udev/rules.d/So does anybody knows what to change to make it working ?Thanks...

Ok folks. Here's your chance. I need to get myself a photo scanner to scan old family photos for future security. What's the best scanner for Linux Mint 10?I would like something that works out of the box and does good quality scans. There has to be one. I await your collective advise.

I was able to print out-of-the-box with a Lexmark X203n on my LMDE system, but I am not able to scan. Lexmark seems to have a Network Scan function, but I cannot connect the printer to the router. In the geography of my tiny apartment, is either USB or nothing.

I have followed the instructions in the thread, including creating the file "/etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules" and adding the following line to it:

I have an HP Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m. It prints via the wireless just fine. It is seen by Simple Scan and in GIMP. When I try and scan with Simple Scan "Failed to scan unable to connect to scanner. When I click on change scanner it shows HP Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m. In reading this thread I found some lines to run via terminal and here is the results...

# sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

# No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

# No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details.

# Not checking for parallel port scanners.

# Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program.

# You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as # necessary.don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ scanimage -Vscanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.21; backend version 1.0.21don@NV53A-MINT ~ $ scanimage -Ldevice `hpaio:/net/Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m?ip=192.168.1.17' is a Hewlett-Packard Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m all-in-onedon@NV53A-MINT ~ $

I also ran sudo apt-get install libsane-dev via terminal and it installed without error.Any help in getting my scanner to work via wireless would be appreciated.

Donhttp://bestwebstop.webcentr.netLinks and accurate information provide the best answer, while garbage in provides garbage out.Registered Linux user # 449322Moved up to LM17 KDE

I have a usb flatbed scanner. Not the printer/fax/scanner type. All I had to do was download the .BIN file for the scanner, saved it somewhere in my harddrive and edit the snapscan.conf file under /etc/sane.d.

# Change to the fully qualified filename of your firmware file, if firmware upload is needed by the scannerfirmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefile.bin #EDIT THIS PART AND TYPE THE DIRECTORY AND FILENAME FOR YOUR SCANNER.

can I get a ten-year old Canon Lide 20 scanner working in Linux Mint 12?

I am not optimistic. Even trying to update the old Wins XP driver, from the Canon site, was a futile exercise. So now, can it be used with Linux? I have the OE Canon disk, but the driver unloads with the Wins scanning software. AFA I can see, no separate driver on the CD, not that I would have much idea where to put it.

If so, next step will be asking if it will scan into Libre Writer. I managed that on Wins XP, scanning direct into Word 2007, but it was not easy. But first things first, like Simple Scan.

Any suggestions received with thanks, especially if they are simplified for the nearly clueless.

Solved: searching the net, read that my battered old Canon Lide 20 scanner does indeed work in Linux. All that was required was installing SANE, from Software Manager. That done, off it goes. Well, early days yet. Picture crop in Simple Scan allows me to select, but not cut. Clicked Help box, but that file is apparently missing.

But lovely! Libre Writer has direct scan-in of images. Terrific stuff, or will be when I work out how to do it properly. All I usually did with pix in Wins was crop & resize. The Msoft Word image-edit widgets for that were very good & quick. Could/should have been the basic image-editing tool, except you could not 'Save as' jpeg file, only Word format. Good old Bill; a free fly in every ointment!

sorry, I just noted your enquiry. I'm afraid I have very little experience, so can add little to above posts, except as said - download SANE scanner with SOFTWARE MANAGER (s/where on your desktop). If that doesn't work, for any problems with particular scanners, you may have to post another query.

OldgitTom, interesting that you can get your 10 years old Canon scanner to work...

I've tried what you did with my brand new (2012) Canon all-in-one printer/scanner i-Sensys MF4430 and it is impossible.

(Linux 13, Mate, 32-bit, Asus Laptop + sane, libs and simplescan).

There is an official PRINTER DRIVER on Canon website, but no SCANNER DRIVER.

I've sent a mail to Canon support, asking whether there might be a scanner driver somewhere, or a driver for another model but similar to mine.

Answer: "no, sorry".

So my all-in-one machine can only print under Linux. When I bought it 6 months ago, I was still under Windows and did not plan to move to Linux. But after an ultimate crash and many hours wasted, I've moved all my business to Linux, and now I would like to be able to do everything on Linux.

Sadly... it seems that I'll have to make a dual boot and reinstall Vista... JUST for scanning!

Well in fact, from a business perspective (and from a profit perspective), it would probably be cheaper to buy a basic scanner compatible with Linux and forget about my Canon printer scanning feature. If I take into account the number of hours required to install Windows, updates, etc... It will cost much more $$$ (or euros) than a new scanner.

But it is very annoying not to be able to use my beautiful machine. Moreover, I've spent a long time to choose it among other models because I especially wanted an all-in-one to gain space in my office...

$ scanimage -LNo scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by thesane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentationwhich came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).